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Current NEWS from the LIB cosmos

From newly discovered animal species to treasures of historical collections, from environmental changes to nature conservation in the Anthropocene, from the opening of a special exhibition to a panel discussion: you will find all the latest information here. We also offer current press releases for download in the press area.

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  • LIB, Press releases, Research

    Decoding the world’s largest animal genome

    Thirty times the size of the human genome: An international team of researchers led by Konstanz evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer and Würzburg biochemist Manfred Schartl, including researchers from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), has sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome.

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  • Museums, Press releases, Special exhibitions

    Travelling exhibition “Odyssey of a document. The Paulskirche Constitution of 28 March 1849” comes to the Museum Koenig Bonn

    German history in one document and as exciting as a thriller: the history of the document, the Paulskirche Constitution of 28 March 1849, reflects the changing relationship between the Germans and their history of democracy.

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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB

    Bronze of the “Federal Giraffe” on the ship MS Wissenschaft 

    From August 21 – 23, the ship “MS Wissenschaft” will dock on the banks of the Rhine in Bonn. Discover what two giraffes have to do with German democracy and what freedom means in different contexts – free of charge on board of “MS Wissenschaft”!

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  • LIB

    „Maria Sibylla Merian: Changing the nature of art and science” recieves „Annual Literature Award“

    In May, the book “Maria Sibylla Merian: Changing the nature of art and science” was honored with the 2024 Annual Literature Award of the CBHL in Michigan. Dr Katharina Schmidt-Loske, scientific lead of our Biohistoricum, is one of the authors of this work.

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  • Knowledge Transfer, LIB, Press releases

    Science meets street art

    Metre-high robin in Bonn’s old town to bring biodiversity into the public eye – InUrFaCE artists paint façade from 8 July.

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  • Knowledge Transfer, Museums

    Award ceremony for the 2024 painting competition – “Wonderful water worlds – animals in and around water”

    Inspired by the water habitat and its fascinating (animal) inhabitants, over 3,300 children’s artworks from Bonn and the surrounding region were submitted this year – a record!

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